Students Abroad: Rebellion in Europe

At France's 23 universities last
week, 250.000 students abandoned their lectures in a carefully planned
three-day boycott of classes. At the same time, class attendance at the
University of Madrid dropped sharply during a ten-day strike, and 1,000
students conducted a protest march. In Italy, although the Catholic
University of Milan was reopened after student protests had closed it
for a week, absenteeism persisted; meanwhile, riotous students at the
University of Naples barricaded Rector Giuseppe Tesauro in his own
office until club-swinging police broke through the blockade.

Although the incitements vary, student protest is sweeping Europe this
fall. As in...